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Find one ordered pair $(x,y)$ of real numbers such that $x + y = 10$ and $x^3 + y^3 = 162 + x^2 + y^2.$

 Jun 10, 2024
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You might want to double check the question, because there is no real pair of numbers that holds those properties. There are, however, complex numbers that do:

 

y=10x

x3+(10x)3=162+x2+(10x)2

x3+(10x)2(10x)=162+x2+(10020x+x2)

x3+(10020x+x2)(10x)=2x220x+262

x3+(1000200x+10x2100x+20x2x3)=2x220x+262

30x2300x+1000=2x220x+262

15x2150x+500=x210x+131

14x2140x+369=0

x210x+36914=0

x210x+35014=1914

x210x+25=1914

(x5)2=1914

x5=1914i

x=5+1914i

y=10(5+1914i)

y=51914i

 

Therefore, one ordered pair of complex numbers that works is 5 + sqrt(19/14)i and 5 - sqrt(19/14)i

 

Please let me know if I had made any errors!

 Jun 10, 2024
edited by Maxematics  Jun 10, 2024

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